Psalms 42:1-8

¹For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.

²I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?

³My tears have been my only food, day and night, while people ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

⁴I am crushed as I remember how I walked with the crowds, leading them in a procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and songs of thanks among the worshipers at the festival.

⁵Why am I so discouraged? Why do I feel so sad? I will hope in God; I will praise him because he is the one who saves me—

⁶my God! Even though I am very discouraged, I still remember you: from the land of Jordan and Hermon, and from Mount Mizar.

⁷You thunder through the raging waters, through the noise of the waterfalls. Your crashing waves surge over me—I feel like I'm drowning.

⁸But every day the Lord shows me his trustworthy love; every night he gives me songs to sing—a prayer to the God of my life.